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You can see this ring has been established by the tanks. yesterday at this time, there were thousands of excited demonstrators here chanting down with mubarak and allowed to come right up to the tanks. today we see the army is being much more strict with the people and limiting them in their movements here in the streets. most are chanting here, perhaps the first pro-mubarak person ive seen, chanting long live mubarak. im hearing cheering from down the street, perhaps hidden by the trees here. n...

About whats going on there and what could come next. there is a lot of apprehension about what the american policy is going forward. we speak to one former israeli diplomat today. this is what he told us. >> the american administration do not understand the cultural -- the latest declarations of president obama and the administration in general put a lot of pressure and although they come from the very positive point of the universal values we saul support, they create the total opposite effect....

Seen several thousand people, all bent down in prayer as part of the protests. the protests are becoming more organized. what we have seen as well as the protests gathered around a mosque earlier, the people said they were concerned that the army is providing security but may still be on the side of president mubarak and may yet still move against the people here, jon. >> nic, a question about the mood of the protesters today. yesterday we saw them taking photos with the military tanks, with mem...

Hosni mubarek . welcome back. many egyptians say they want freedom. a particular group seems to be free but they are not the people you would expect and it is a troubling development. frederik pleitgen is in cairo. last we spoke with you, you were outside a prison there where possibly thousands of prisoners have escaped. whats the latest? >> reporter: well, lots of prisoners seem to have escaped from the prison. we were north of cairo in a place called abu faisal. what happened yesterday is ap...

United. >> have the protesters given you a sense how long they will continue protesting, how long they are willing to wait this out? they are demanding that mubarak step down but how long will it continue? >> reporter: you know, i dont see it ending any time soon. definitely more people are coming out on the streets more often. today is technically a work day and yet youre seeing a lot of people out on the streets. so i think -- i really cant see an end to this demonstration. i think these peopl...

sympathiesers taking to the streets across the country and president obama gathers his security team. it is early and were on it. from cnn center, this is cnn, january 30th. good morning, im randi kaye. >> and im jonathan mann. we would like to welcome our viewers worldwide to our coverage of egypt in crisis. >> lets get you caught up now on this fast-developing story. and this information just in to cnn. the u.s. state department is getting ready to fly american citizens out of egypt....

the streets of egypt. residents are arming themselves with sticks and swords. not taking up arms against the government but now fending off escaped prisoners and looters. >> the u.s. is now moving to get americans out of egypt. other countries are also following suit. it is early and were on it. from cnn center this is cnn. its january 30. good morning, everyone. im randi kaye. >> im jonathan mann welcoming viewers worldwide to our coverage of "egypt in crisis". >> well take you live t...

A major political collision course, right, in spite of those ratings. >> absolutely. thats what they are all time but now theres divided government. the republicans run the house of representatives so when it comes to issues like the debt, when it comes to issues like the obama health care plan which the republicans are still trying to repeal, when it comes to a series of investigations that republicans in the house plan to launch on all aspects of the obama administration, the battle lines are ...

>> john mann joins us again from cnn center. we should say that representative bachmann careful to say at the beginning of the remarks not trying to compete with the official republican response so it begs the question what kind of role is the tea party playing there in washington? >> a really strange role. you know, everyone around the world is accustomed to seeing politics in their own country and the u.s. democrats versus republicans. now we have the spector of the republicans fighting among ...

Itself congress put on a big show of unity for what may have been the first time. members of different parties sat together rather than in their own blocs. nearly all of them wore black and white ribbons as honor of the victims of the shootings in tucson. six people were killed and 12 others injured. mr. obama warned in his speech that sitting together is one thing and working together, well, thats totally another. john, how long are we going to see the show of unity or is it already over? >> yo...